Yada yada

I want to get it all over as soon as possible

But to get rid of these, it needs a lot of sacrifice & courage

My confidence, less than half

It has been easy to see 1/3 of my batch in the posting had done with theirs

But the stories behind were untold

Had been very irresponsible and draggy for the past few days

After knowing my short case will be held only on Thursday

Now it is my turn

The name on top of the list tomorrow

Exactly the first one for the day

The hard-swallowed cocktail of feelings is back

14 months ago, I was shaken for not knowing how short case was done in Internal Medicine

Now, I am shaken because I can imagine the exact situation

Pros, this is no longer the first clinical exam 

Cons, they are kids / newborns! (a plus plus in difficulty level)

Can I choose some courses that have no practical exams and those that I can just laze around the lecture hall? *stupid question*

Self-calming:
The exam session will only take 20 minutes of my life, what's the big deal
*after telling self, calmed for a second, the chill is back after that*
(geez, it is about the time of one short drama series, that's long)

A reminder to self - I have come so far in this journey, look at the steps left in front. It is much shorter than those steps that I have gone through. Believe in what I have got

Yada yada...

Another sleepless night + with the sore throat

*Hope I didn't run around my room with a kettle and pillow*

Love

Pearl International Hotel: Sunday Japanese Buffet Brunch

Bought a deal in I Love Discount where I can enjoy this Japanese Buffet Brunch for only RM37.80, compared to the normal Adult price of RM55++ in Pearl International Hotel. The deal can be used from 11 September until November. Since I won't be around KL this coming Sunday, we had it last Sunday :)

Psst, I apologize for poor pictures in this post and I missed out a lot of food in here. Too busy eating and this place is kinda crowded

I was really excited since the night before this brunch, never actually have much chances to experience buffet in my life due to my small tummy that could not stretch any further

#1 Served with Japanese Green Tea once we were seated

#2 It's Japanese buffet, chopsticks are provided

Not sure how to use?

Check out the next picture :)

#3 Fret not, there are instructions behind it

Cute, right?

The first food I saw was Japanese fried rice, then beef rendang, chicken rendang. Not very interested in those because it is not worth the theme and money

Then turn the corner of food, I saw rows of those container that pau seller use to heat the pau while selling. It strikes me for a moment whether I'm having Japanese buffet or Oriental Chinese buffet. They are chawanmushi and really pau in there! Not interested at the moment, turn to another section

And this is what I found!

*Yum yum*

#4 Ta-daah!

My all-time favorite

Hold my plate tight and take as much as I can :D

This is where I revealed my kiasu-ness

#5 Appetizer and salad!

I love the presentation of the food

There are rows of finger food available 

Yummies!

#6 The first plate that reached the table by Andrew

Everyone thought that were tempura, but it was like fried vege only 

=.=

Saw the 2 super charcoal black sushi there, they are black caviar sushi!

I had my first one in my lifetime - Superb

#7 Andrew took a plate and I took a plate, turn out quite a lot!

The mussels are really good, I lost count how much I ate

After that, I felt that I can't swallow anymore mussels

While for the raw oyster, I had the first one without the lemon

Totally forget about it =.=

The aftermath - I'm not taking the second one because it is too raw for me

Found it a bit geli after that

#8 The seasoned baby octopus (chuka idako, my fav too :)

Fresh and sweet, love how it topped with sesame

#9 Sashimi

Salmon (鮭 Sake) & tuna (まぐろ Maguro)

I prefer salmon sashimi, it was way nicer! 

:D

#10 More sashimi!!!

This time are squid (いか Ika) and octopus (たこ Tako)

Both of these I'm all right with it as well, squid and octopus have always been favorite

But this is the first time I had so much sashimi at one go

This is worth the money! :D

#11 Tried the combination of Soba and Miso soup

There are 2 pots of soup beside the soba

Qi Tyng and I aren't very sure which is which, we only know one of them was Miso soup

No tag for the other pot of soup

So, we made a decision to try soba and miso soup at the same time, so that our tummy are fit to try other stuff later

After that, I saw another lady scooping the soup from the other pot

Then only I realized that was the original soup for Soba

=.=

#12 More and more sushi!

Lazy to rearrange them for photography session because I'm busy eating my own food

:P

#13 Chawanmushi

I prefer the mushroom here than those I had before in other Japanese restaurant

Way to the bottom, there is one prawn, which is larger than what I had before

Just a passerby dish, wallop this small cup fast and head to other food

#14 I am not sure what is this, we called it the Japanese Steamboat

We picked the ingredients we want, the chef will cook for us with Miso Soup

Not worth, just to try out everything there

Mostly are frozen ingredients, nothing special

 #15 Not sure how Japanese this dessert us, I mean the mini tart

The mini tart is one of the best dessert I have tasted there

Fruits on top, with cream in the middle, chocolate is at the bottom 

The mochi are just normal for me

With red bean, kaya and black sesame fillings

Nothing very special about this

#16 Near to the end only we had potato salad

I had my first one when I was in matrikulasi and after that I seldom have this dish

Glad that they didn't mix too much mayonnaise with the potato

This amount of mayonnaise is just nice, love it!

Very refreshing and appetizing :)

#17 Stacks of dessert!

Cream puff, cakes, pudding

#18 Here come the second plate of dessert with more mochi and cakes

The cakes are so-so only, not very special

Not very Japanese though

#19 The colorful pau!

I had the pink one, it was red bean paste inside

Not a fan of red bean, it was just okay for me

It is still not too late to head yourself there, make sure to make a reservation first

Every Sunday from 12pm to 5pm

Pearl International Hotel

Batu 5, Jalan Klang Lama

58000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-7983 1111

We had 2 games of bowling after this buffet to burn off some calories :P

Love

Kelvin Gems: Charm Making Workshop

After being M.I.A so long for not joining and attending most of the event that I was really crazy about, finally I decided to accept the invitation by Elwyn from MilkADeal to attend a Charm Making Workshop, despite having major exams coming up.

Charm bracelet has been always on top of the list while accessories browsing whenever there is a chance of window shopping. Every charms tell a different unique story, other than being really nice to wear one. After all, I have not found one that was near to a story that I want to tell. With that, I am really grateful being able to attend this workshop. Not only I got to personalised my own charm, I get to learn to make them!

Our destination of the day: Kelvin Gems (inside Belle's Classic)

Kelvin Gems :)

Imma excited, I was there early and pretend to be hardworking!

Love the comfy sofa section in Belle's Classic

Elwyn paying full concentration on the beds and ornaments displayed

The beads and "ornaments" (I'm not sure what did they called) ready for our workshop to begin anytime, getting more and more excited about it

Don't cha just love it, I hope I own a set too :)

Sort of like childhood playing dressing up accessories set, that we can string them together :)

Some of the charms that were already done for us to warm-up our creativity juice!

I heart the Christmas Charm :)

Our tools were nicely prepared, so much heart from them

When the workshop started, we just took out all the tools and the plastic bag

Aww, so nice of them to packed it this way but we just opened it that way

Some of the display in the room

Before the workshop started, we were introduced about different types of necklace that are made by different materials, very impressing especially the one made from mesh

Love this max max!

The bear is the lock of this necklace, where you open and close it

Very creative :D

The material sounds really exotic - Stingray leather

Very unique bangles here

 Let's get the work started

All of us were given a chain measured of a girl's average wrist diameter

On the left, the rounded playar is used in small area and to stabilized the ring when opened,  as well as to twist a  pin into a hook

In the middle, that is the cutter

On the right, the flat playar are use to open the ring and secure it

With the 2 tools above, the big ring on the left and a rod-shaped thing was hooked in

The ring and rod will be the lock for the bracelet

This is the T-pin, were we used to create our own design out of all beads and ornaments given, stack 2 beads together or 1 beads with a butterfly. A good way to reveal your creativity and start a good story for your charm!

Fresh from oven!

On top: Qi Tyng's personalized charm bracelet 

On the bottom: Mine mine mine!

Our 2nd project - to personalized our own charm belt or so-called scarf

Factory worker look alike in the process to create my future belt, full concentration

My "long project" - quoted by Elwyn

When we are done with the "lepak" look in there, we took a picture with Angie (in the middle). 

Angie was our great teacher in making the charm bracelet, belt, keychain and earrings. She is an image consultant too and Kelvin is her husband (remember, Kelvin Gems. Afraid after too much story about the workshop, forgot why it is Kelvin)

In the picture, that is the alternative way to wear the charm belt, wear it like a scarf!

The end-products!

Let me tell you my story here, err, but have to read it from the right to the left

"On Christmas (Snowflake), the Princess (Crown) unlocked herself (Dior lock) from the castle, she went off and found her Prince (Boy & Girl)"

"This is like a fairytale" - Qi Tyng

This is the charm belt a.k.a scarf that I did, this one I got no story to tell, maybe you guys can make one out of this

Some of the ornaments I created from the T-pin

I love the Snowflake so much that I had it on my bracelet and belt

Another end of the belt, ornaments that I created myself (not the Eiffel Tower)

Made by Jay, the color is something different from my own charm bracelet

Now I can choose which one to go with my clothes :)

Earrings by Jay too :)

Pretty plain but nice, too much beads for my age is a no-no

It will make me way older than my age

Keychain done by Jay :D

This is the last product that I want to show you guys and tell you the story

This is made by Qi Tyng

The story tells from right to left again

"On Christmas, there is Love in between the Tortoise/Turtle"

LOL! But the tortoise is really cute

I made a childhood fairytales, she made a childhood animal story

It will be a good idea to teach the kids in the kindy this way

Consider that, Tyng :D

I really enjoy this workshop much much that I couldn't explain how much fun it was, especially it was something that I had been eyeing for quite some times. Not only I get to own them now, I get to personalised my own story and charms through all of them. Other than that, I finally get to meet up Elwyn, Benjamin and Kah Mon, and seeing Qian for the first time :D

Our group picture (without Elwyn)

This picture is courtesy of Kah Mon

Check out the other Charm newbie maker blogpost too

Benjamin's post HERE

Kah Mon's post HERE

The Charm Making Workshop will be up soon in MilkADeal, do check them up! :)

Visit more Kelvin Gems for more!

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